RPC I, 5454

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 5454
Province Uncertain
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Obverse inscription C CAESAR GERMANICI F M AGRIPPAE N
Edition G(aius) Caesar Germanici f(ilius) M(arcus) Agrippae n(epos)
Translation Gaius Caesar, son of Germanicus, grandson of Marcus Agrippa
Obverse design bare head of Caligula, left
Reverse inscription DIVI AVG PRON AVGVST GERMANICVS (around), PONT MAX TR POTEST COS
Edition Divi Aug(usti) pron(epos) August(us) Germanicus Pont(ifex) Max(imus) Tr(ibunicia) Potest(ate) Co(n)s(ul)
Translation great-grandson of the Divine Augustus, Augustus Germanicus, chief priest, with tribunician power, consul
Reverse design in three lines in field
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 11.11 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 397, no. 108bis
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note This is probably the coin previously publishedby Cohen and Mowat, RN 1911, pp. 432-3, no. 21, from the Herpin collection. Mowat was inclined to attribute it to Cappadocia. Grant, RAI, p. 68, n. 4, considered it similar to 5455. A Spanish origin was proposed in BMC.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 108bis